Historical figures in 1838
The atlas holds 16 people and 25 moments here, in 1838. The most recorded lives are Honoré de Balzac, Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1838
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Charles Darwin
in 1838
3 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Edgar Allan Poe
in 1838
1 moment here
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Frédéric Chopin
in 1838
2 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Friedrich Engels
in 1838
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1838
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Sand
in 1838
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Heinrich Heine
in 1838
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1838
6 moments here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1838
1 moment here
Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Louis Pasteur
in 1838
2 moments here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1838
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Queen Victoria
in 1838
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1838
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Victor Hugo
in 1838
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Walt Whitman
in 1838
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Moments
- 1838 Addressed the Springfield Lyceum Abraham Lincoln
- 1838 Relocation to Philadelphia Edgar Allan Poe
- 1838 Entered the Main Engineering School Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1838 Ajaccio stop en route to Sardinia Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Milan stay after Sardinia Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Sardinian mining expedition Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Army reserve service and agricultural study Otto von Bismarck
- 1838 Founder of the Long-Islander Walt Whitman
- 1838 Visit with George Sand Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Departure for Sardinian venture Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Conducts geology at Glen Roy Charles Darwin
- 1838 Coronation at Westminster Abbey Queen Victoria
- 1838 Commercial apprenticeship Friedrich Engels
- 1838 Residence at Les Jardies Honoré de Balzac
- 1838 Delivers Divinity School Address Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1838 Return to Granville Heinrich Heine
- 1838 Reaches Varennes on a Champagne excursion Victor Hugo
- 1838 Birth at the base of Punchbowl Crater Liliʻuokalani
- 1838 Boarding-school attempt in Paris Louis Pasteur
- 1838 Proposes to Emma at Maer Charles Darwin
- 1838 Lodgings at Valldemossa monastery Frédéric Chopin
- 1838 Winter stay in Mallorca Frédéric Chopin
- 1838 Return to Arbois Louis Pasteur
- 1838 Moves into Upper Gower Street Charles Darwin
- 1838 Installed at Valldemossa Charterhouse George Sand